TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1987//
TI  - Psychiatric expert testimony on aggressive offenders in juvenile court proceedings
JO  - Forensic science international
A1  - Heim, N.
SP  - 29
EP  - 38
VL  - 34
IS  - 1-2
N2  - The empirical study presented concerns juvenile court cases (aggressive offences) in West Berlin during which the offenders (N = 94) were subject to psychiatric expert testimony (1975-1982). The conditional factors determining forensic-psychiatric testimony are examined and the investigation shows, with the aid of discriminant analysis, that differences in the form of the expertise given are best explained by the variable 'convention-orientation'. Ratings on the quality of psychiatric letters (N = 49) were based on the semantic differential technique. Employing factor analysis, three independent aspects determining the quality of expert opinion are revealed, namely the factors 'cogency of message', role-conception', and 'recipient-orientation'.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0379-0738
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -